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United Nations – the program explores and affirms the rich diversity of contemporary Mexican society and culture. It engages the issues that challenge the country’s continued growth and establishes a foundation to understand the history of U.S./Mexico relations and the Mexican experience in the United States. Ultimately, the program strives to build knowledge and understanding of one of the United State’s closest yet least understood neighbors. FALL 2017 | Program and Cohort This year’s cohort is

The Book in SocietyThe Book in Society surveys the history of print culture and discusses such issues as censorship, bestsellers, and the future of the book in the digital age. The course asks such questions as what exactly is a “book”? Who produces it, who reads it, and why? Students examine the ways in which books have been central to modern society—how they have informed, entertained, inspired, irritated, liberated, and challenged readers. They also look at the processes by which books are

Mediterranean cultures participated in and enjoyed the advantages of a religiously diverse community. This course examines the ways in which religion shaped the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world. (4) RELI 220 : Early Christian History - RL, IT This course explores the social, cultural, and theological diversity and forms of self-definition of early Christian history across territories in which it emerged, including Western Asia, North and East Africa, and Western Europe. In this course, emphasis

This event is canceled. The 46th Annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial LectureLandscapes of Construction and Extinction: Art & Ecology in the Americas from Alexander von Humboldt to Roberto Burle MarxDr. Edward J. Sullivan is the Helen Gould Shepard Professor of the History of Art at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, where he also serves as Deputy Director of the Institute. Dr. Sullivan has had a long career as both an academic and an independent curator of exhibitions dedicated

at PLU from 1963 until his retirement in 2005. He taught History of Civilization and early modern European history courses to nearly 5000 students. He also served as department chair, faculty representative to the Board of Regents, faculty athletic representative, faculty chair and acting provost. He also won a number of student-organized teaching and service awards. In 1983 the PLU Alumni Association gave him its Heritage Award, and in 1993 its Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has written and

obscured nation-building agendas, and why opposition to asylum seekers from Central America today may not be so anomalous to our immigration history.Dr. Mae NgaiSpeaker: Mae Ngai is Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University, whose research and teaching focuses on the histories of migration, citizenship, race and ethnicity. She is author of the award-winning Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (2004), and The Lucky

Recording of Glory M. Liu’s 2023 Benson Lecture Released By Michael Halvorson ’85 On Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History . The lecture took place in the Regency Room of the Anderson University… November 21, 2023 Benson LectureBusiness and Economic History